Ingenia

Ingenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Araeolaimida
Family: Tripyloididae
Genus: Ingenia
Gerlach, 1957
Type species
Ingenia mirabilis
Gerlach, 1957

Ingenia is a genus of marine nematode worms.[1][2][3] It belongs to the Tripyloididae, which is a group that are mostly free-living[4] and which feed on diatoms and other algaes.[2] It contains three known species:[5] I. mirabilis,[6] the type species native to Brazil; Ingenia communis, found in the Mekong Delta;[7] and Ingenia major found in the Yellow Sea.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
  2. 1 2 "Class Enoplea". Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. October 9, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28.
  3. ↑ Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
  4. ↑ Bik, H. M., et al. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353.
  5. ↑ Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ingenia Gerlach, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227353 on 2026-05-27
  6. ↑ Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ingenia mirabilis Gerlach, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=229627 on 2026-05-27
  7. ↑ Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ingenia communis Gagarin & Thanh, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584208 on 2026-05-27
  8. ↑ Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ingenia major Lv, Guo & Wang, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770081 on 2026-05-27